<scp>T</scp>obias,<scp>P</scp>hillip<scp>V</scp>allentine

Phillip Vallentine Tobias (1925–2012) was a South African paleoanthropologist who made major contributions to the study of human evolution through his work on hominids from both South Africa and East Africa. Tobias was invited by the Leakeys to work on fossils from Olduvai Gorge, including crania of Australopithecus boisei (“ Zinjanthropus ”) and Homo habilis . He directed excavations at Sterkfontein in South Africa. He also studied human biology, adding to our understanding of modern human variation in southern Africa, and was an outspoken advocate for human rights and activist against South African apartheid.